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		<title>Rolex Middle Sea Race: Latest News</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:39:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gatt</dc:creator>
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		<title>Of hospital floors and odd busses</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 14 May 2011 13:48:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gatt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[One tends to notice the oddest things during a crisis. Not necessarily because the things themselves are odd; no, it really is the act of noticing that surprises. Unfortunately, you find it hard to ignore them afterwards. They may be little things, an unfortunate use of language, for example. The sort of thing that would &#8230; <a href="http://xmun.wordpress.com/2011/05/14/of-hospital-floors-and-odd-busses/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xmun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7128097&amp;post=179&amp;subd=xmun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Syria&#8217;s tragedy</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 07 May 2011 22:14:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gatt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Middle East]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[Ba'ath Party]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Today&#8217;s news from Syria demonstrates what to my probably rather limited understanding of the country, is a serious deterioration. It is also disappointing, almost a betrayal of the hopes so many people had for the country. That clearly includes the Syrians themselves. Today, and over the past few weeks, the Syrian Ba&#8217;ath party regime led by &#8230; <a href="http://xmun.wordpress.com/2011/05/08/syrias-tragedy/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xmun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7128097&amp;post=169&amp;subd=xmun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Don&#8217;t let your attention wander!</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 May 2011 15:06:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gatt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Osama Bin Laden, from one of his video releases in 2004. Image via Wikipedia So the Americans have caught up with Osama bin Laden. No one will grieve too much about that, even if most of the world will not have the public celebrations that started across the US. It is unlikely that the death &#8230; <a href="http://xmun.wordpress.com/2011/05/03/dont-let-your-attention-wander/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xmun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7128097&amp;post=162&amp;subd=xmun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Payments on the go</title>
		<link>http://xmun.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/payments-on-the-go/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 14:09:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gatt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Advertising the M-PESA service in Tanzania. Photo from sociate on Flickr Some time ago I had looked into the development of mobile money for a Maltese news magazine. It was, then, a hot topic. At least, I thought so and with luck, you may agree with me. Now the European Union is drawing close to &#8230; <a href="http://xmun.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/payments-on-the-go/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xmun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7128097&amp;post=98&amp;subd=xmun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Worth a read</title>
		<link>http://xmun.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/worth-a-read/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 09:05:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gatt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[For anyone following developments across the Arab world, al-bab.com has some good background at http://www.al-bab.com/arab/background/reform.htm. The early hope, after the way events developed in Egypt and Tunisia, has not continued in Libya, Syria,Yemen or indeed Bahrain. This is disappointing, but there is still hope Arabs across the region will manage to claim back their public &#8230; <a href="http://xmun.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/worth-a-read/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xmun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7128097&amp;post=145&amp;subd=xmun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Ramping up the pressure?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 01 May 2011 07:04:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gatt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I would hate to be the commander of the NATO forces providing protection to Libya&#8216;s citizens. The task is close to impossible: bombs, missiles and planes may be very powerful weapons, but if your brief is to use them to protect without killing people, they have their limitations. The death of Saif al Arab Ghaddafi along with three children &#8230; <a href="http://xmun.wordpress.com/2011/05/01/raamping-up-the-pressure/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xmun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7128097&amp;post=129&amp;subd=xmun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Integrity revisited</title>
		<link>http://xmun.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/integrity-revisited/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 21:10:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gatt</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Finance]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had touched upon integrity and ethics in financial services a post or two ago; I believe it bears emphasizing. I may end up boring people by this &#8211; even so, I will repeat. It is important. The rather cursory treatment of ethics in business in the MBA course I did 12 years ago disappointed me; &#8230; <a href="http://xmun.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/integrity-revisited/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xmun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7128097&amp;post=121&amp;subd=xmun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Divisive stuff</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Apr 2011 10:23:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gatt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Malta is in the throes of a debate on divorce. None too soon, one may note. This is one of the last countries in the world to tackle the issue. I&#8217;m not sure, however, that the terms of discussion are correct. The &#8220;No to divorce&#8221; campaign seems to be under the impression that a civil &#8230; <a href="http://xmun.wordpress.com/2011/04/29/divisive-stuff/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xmun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7128097&amp;post=106&amp;subd=xmun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The regulation puzzle</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 20:40:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Simon Gatt</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If nothing else, the financial travails of the past couple of years have demonstrated the central necessity of effective regulation - that is, regulation that encourages integrity in business. Nowhere is this more important than in financial services! <a href="http://xmun.wordpress.com/2011/04/28/the-regulation-puzzle/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#187;</span></a><img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=xmun.wordpress.com&amp;blog=7128097&amp;post=101&amp;subd=xmun&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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